Submitting material for publication

Manuscripts of articles should be addressed to:

John Jones
The Police Journal, Bridge House, Dalby, Isle of Man, IM5 3BP
T: +44(0) 1624 844056    F: +44(0) 1624 845044
pj@vathek.com

Book reviews should be sent to:

Rob Jerrard
Internet Law Book Reviews, 20 Swains Road, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 6HT
T: +44(0) 1395 442050    www.rjerrard.co.uk

Endnotes

Endnotes should be collated at the end of the article. End notes should be collated at the end of the article. End notes to the text should be designated as 1, 2, 3 etc. and follow any closing punctuation, e.g.
…limitations are possible.¹

References and bibliography

The Harvard system is used. Examples are:

Jones, A. and Smith, B. (1999) 'Crime Prevention' British Journal of Criminology 20: 136.

Lloyd, F. (1998) Community Policing, 2 edn. London: Blackstone, 354.

Williams, S. (2000) 'Police Shooting Behaviour' in Hogg, C. (ed.), Police Use of Deadly Force. London: Butterworths, 687.

References in the text should appear in ascending year order. An ampersand should be used in a list of author names in the text, for example:

(Smith, C. & Wilton, D., 1997)

But the word 'and' should be used in the reference list.

Cases

Cases should be cited in the following forms:

Quick v Taff-Ely Borough Council [1986] QB 809

Case 102/79 Commission v Belgium [1980] ECR 1473

or

Case C-337/89 Commission v UK [1992] ECR I-1613

If specific pages are referred to:

Quick v Taff-Ely Borough Council [1986] QB 809 at 811

No full stops should be used in the journal abbreviation, e.g. All ER, WLR, EGLR etc.

Quotations

Quotations within the text should use single quotation marks and quotations within quotations use double quotation marks. If quotations are three lines or more they should be separated out from the rest of the text and should not be enclosed by quotation marks.

Copyright

It is a condition of publication in The Police Journal that authors assign copyright to Vathek Publishing. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own materials provided that The Police Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Vathek Publishing is notified in writing in advance.


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